Window shade bracket



July 14, 1953 H. HEIN- wmnow SHADE BRACKET Filed June 3, 1949 IN VEN TOR. HE NP Y HEIM Patented July 14, 1952;

UNI-TED STATES PATENT OFFICE WINDOW SHADE BRACKET Henry Hein, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Application June 3, 1949, Serial No. 96,999

1 Claim.

My inventionrelates to brackets that will serve as supports for window shade rollers, curtains and drapes, and has for its object the provision of a bracket of improved form that can readily be one of the plastics and particularly a thermo plastic material, or of sheet metal, which is so formed as to provide adequate strength in light weight material and which embodies certain improved features for supporting a drape rod against sagging and preventing a curtain rod against accidental displacement.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a plan view of the structure; Fig. 2 is a face view thereof; Fig. 3 is an end view of the structure of Fig. 2, showing a window shade, a curtain and a drape in position upon their supporting rods; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the bracket members, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the other bracket member.

As above stated, the bracket can be made of any suitable material such as sheet metal or a plastic that can be punched and shaped in dies when in a heated condition. One bracket member is designated by the numeral 6 and the other bracket member by the numeral 1, the brackets being provided with holes in their base portions for attachment by screws to a window frame 8 in the usual manner. The brackets have wings 9 and respectively for supporting a shade roller II and a curtain rod I2, for a shade l3 and a curtain M. Also the wings 9 and Ill have ledges upon which a drape rod [6 will rest to be thereby supported against sagging. The drape rod 16 is shown as of the telescopic type bent and channeled for extension and contraction, and to form sockets having a slip fit with arms I! and I8 of the bracket members 6 and I.

The curtain rod I2 is shown also as of the telescopic type, although a single-piece straight rod would serve. In either case, the holes IS in which the rod is supported arepositioned at such height that when the drape rod 16 is in place, its backwardly-turned ends will be opposite the extremities of the rod [2, thereby not only serving as obstructions to endwise displacement of the rod 12, but also serving to conceal the ends of the rod and the ends of the roller from View of casual observers.

Where the rod [2 is of the telescopic form as shown,'its knobs I2a may be of greater diameter than the holes 19.

I claim as my invention:

A bracket having a base portion for attachment to a window frame, a vertical wing projecting perpendicularly from one vertical edge of the base and provided with openings for supporting one end of a shade roller and an end of a curtain rod, and an arm of shorter length than the wing, projecting from the other vertical edge of the base, at a plane above the horizontal mid plane of the wing, the arm being adapted to telescopically receive a back-turned hollow end of a drape rod and the outer edge of the wing having a ledge at a plane below the arm, for supporting a drape rod when a back-turned end thereof is engaged on the arm and the rod extends across the outer edge of the wing.

HENRY HEIN.

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